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Fred Guardineer

Penciller on 611 issues · inker on 605 issues · writer on 171 issues

Fred Guardineer is credited as penciller on 611 issues, inker on 605 issues, writer on 171 issues, cover artist on 52 issues and others in grailworth's catalog, 324 issues of them across 48 series we value. That includes 3 key issues, such as Action Comics #1 (1938), Detective Comics #27 (1937) and Detective Comics #38 (1937). Characters first seen in issues they wrote or drew include Superman, Clark Kent, Zatara and Lois Lane.

Key issues

Characters they introduced

Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Superman (Clark Kent / Kal-El / Kal-L)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Clark Kent (Superman / Superboy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Zatara (DC magician)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Lois Lane (girlfriend/wife of Superman)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Butch Matson (Superman thug)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance (unnamed) of George Taylor1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Bea Carroll (first Superman villain)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Alex Greer (DC character)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Senator Barrows (DC character)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Chuck Dawson (cowboy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tong (Zatara's assistant)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tigress (Zatara's enemy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Scoop Scanlon (DC, Five Star Reporter)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Rusty James (Scoop Scanlon's partner)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tex Thomson (Mr. America; Americommando)1938Cover of Detective Comics #27 (1937) Detective Comics #27 (1937)First appearance of Batman (Bruce Wayne)1939Cover of Detective Comics #27 (1937) Detective Comics #27 (1937)First appearance of Commissioner James Gordon (from Batman)1939Cover of Action Comics #6 (1938) Action Comics #6 (1938)First appearance of Jimmy Olsen (Superman's pal)1938Cover of Action Comics #13 (1938) Action Comics #13 (1938)First appearance of The Ultra-Humanite1939Cover of Detective Comics #29 (1937) Detective Comics #29 (1937)First appearance of Dr. Karl Hellfern (Doctor Death, Batman villain)1939Cover of Detective Comics #29 (1937) Detective Comics #29 (1937)First appearance of Doctor Death1939Cover of Action Comics #15 (1938) Action Comics #15 (1938)First appearance of Gargantua T. Potts (DC, friend of Tex Thomson)1939Cover of Detective Comics #31 (1937) Detective Comics #31 (1937)First appearance of Julie Madison (former fiancée of Bruce Wayne)1939Cover of Detective Comics #31 (1937) Detective Comics #31 (1937)First appearance of The Monk (Batman villain)1939

Every issue

Action Comics (1938) 25 issues

Adventure Comics (1938) 6 issues

Adventures into the Unknown (1948) 2 issues

Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) 1 issue

The Avenger (1955) 1 issue

Best of the West (1951) 7 issues

Big Shot Comics (1940) 9 issues

Black Diamond Western (1949) 1 issue

Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] (1942) 1 issue

The Bravados (1971) 1 issue

Captain Flight Comics (1944) 1 issue

Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (1949) 7 issues

Clue Comics (1943) 1 issue

Cocomalt Big Book of Comics (1938) 1 issue

Crack Comics (1940) 12 issues

Crime and Punishment (1948) 35 issues

Crime Does Not Pay (1942) 62 issues

Detective Comics (1937) 20 issues

Doll Man Quarterly (1941) 5 issues

Durango Kid (1990) 3 issues

Flashback (1973) 1 issue

Funny Pages (1937) 1 issue

Great Western (1953) 2 issues

Hit Comics (1940) 1 issue

John Wayne Adventure Comics (1949) 1 issue

Keen Detective Funnies (1938) 1 issue

Manhunt (1947) 9 issues

Military Comics (1941) 29 issues

Mystic Comics (1940) 1 issue

National Comics (1940) 21 issues

New Adventure Comics (1937) 1 issue

New Heroic Comics (1946) 12 issues

Operation: Peril (1950) 1 issue

Phantom Lady (1954) 1 issue

Police Comics (1941) 8 issues

Real Life Comics (1941) 8 issues

Red Mask (1958) 2 issues

Red Seal Comics (1945) 1 issue

Silver Streak Comics (1939) 5 issues

Smash Comics (1939) 7 issues

Star Comics (1937) 1 issue

Star Comics (1937) 2 issues

Star Comics (1938) 2 issues

Star Ranger (1937) 1 issue

Star Ranger Funnies (1938) 1 issue

Tim Holt (1948) 1 issue

Weird Love (2014) 1 issue

Wild Western Action (1971) 1 issue

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